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Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Pitching Comparison

Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Totals

Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Zack Greinke	20-39	2004	2023	225	156	.591	3.49	586	541	8	17	5	1	3389.1	3207	1410	1315	367	762	25	2979	79	7	101	13877	4155	121	3.52	1.171	8.5	1.0	2.0	7.9
2	Ian Kennedy	22-38	2007	2023	104	114	.477	4.16	497	290	125	2	1	66	1904.1	1806	948	881	280	647	28	1775	84	8	80	8100	2589	98	4.31	1.288	8.5	1.3	3.1	8.4

Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Zack Greinke	27-37	2011	2021	4	6	.400	4.14	22	21	0	0	0	0	113.0	103	55	52	19	33	0	100	3	0	2	469	143		4.04	1.204	8.2	1.5	2.6	8.0
2	Ian Kennedy	26	2011	2011	0	1	.000	4.26	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.2	13	6	6	1	3	0	8	3	0	1	57	19		4.21	1.263	9.2	0.7	2.1	5.7

Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Value

Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Zack Greinke	20-39	2004	2023	586	541	3389.1	72.4	42.9
2	Ian Kennedy	22-38	2007	2023	497	290	1904.1	15.9	-0.1

Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Totals Against

Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Zack Greinke	20-39	2004	2023	586	541	3389.1	4155	12886	2130	643	67	97	84	53.59	27	266	82	64	.249	.294	.395	.688	86	.146	.296	1513	5085	1077	4048	4155
2	Ian Kennedy	22-38	2007	2023	497	290	1904.1	2589	7243	1096	388	42	73	46	61.34	6	106	70	55	.249	.316	.430	.746	105	.181	.291	996	3118	710	2537	2589

Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Zack Greinke	27-37	2011	2021	22	21	113.0	143	429	64	18	2	5	2	71.43	1	9	3	1	.240	.298	.424	.723		.184	.270	59	182	39	139	143
2	Ian Kennedy	26	2011	2011	2	2	12.2	19	49	7	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	2	.265	.333	.449	.782		.184	.286	8	22	6	19	19

Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Starting & Relieving

Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Zack Greinke	20-39	2004	2023	318	59	55.1	37	7	19	0	100.0	8	45
2	Ian Kennedy	22-38	2007	2023	147	51	52.4	28	9	32	15	81.5	125	207

Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Zack Greinke	27-37	2011	2021	9	43	52.0	2	2	100			0	1
2	Ian Kennedy	26	2011	2011	1	50	50.5						0	0

Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Ratios

Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Zack Greinke	20-39	2004	2023	586	541	3389.1	21.5	5.5	16.0
2	Ian Kennedy	22-38	2007	2023	497	290	1904.1	21.9	8.0	13.9

Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Zack Greinke	27-37	2011	2021	22	21	113.0	21.3	7.0	14.3
2	Ian Kennedy	26	2011	2011	2	2	12.2	14.0	5.3	8.8

Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Pitch Summary

Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Zack Greinke	20-39	2004	2023	586	541	3389.1	50725	96	32419	63.91
2	Ian Kennedy	22-38	2007	2023	497	290	1904.1	30596	98	19738	64.51

Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Zack Greinke	27-37	2011	2021	22	21	113.0	1818	86	1147	63.09
2	Ian Kennedy	26	2011	2011	2	2	12.2	196	98	133	67.86

Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Head-to-Head Pitching

Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Totals

Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Totals Table
Rk	Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Ian Kennedy	2	1	.667	2.40	8	6	2	0	0	0	41.1	29	11	11	6	12	0	38	3	0	1	165	0.992	6.3	1.3	2.6	8.3
2	Zack Greinke	3	3	.500	2.39	8	8	0	1	0	0	52.2	37	14	14	7	13	0	42	2	0	1	197	0.949	6.3	1.2	2.2	7.2

Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Game Logs

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Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	Zack Greinke	HOU	2021-06-16	GS-6, W	5.2	4	3	3	0	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	22	6	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	51	89	49	0.1	1.37			0.85
2	Ian Kennedy	TEX	2021-06-16	8-GF(8)	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1		11	9	0.0	-0.47	0	0	0.08
3	Zack Greinke	ARI	2017-09-29	GS-5, L	4.0	6	2	2	0	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	18	8	16	4	1	0	0	1	0	10	1	0	0	2	44	75	44	-0.1	-0.87			0.91
4	Ian Kennedy	KCR	2017-09-29	GS-5, W	5.0	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	7	0	0	0	19	5	18	2	1	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	2	61	86	53	0.2	1.67			0.98
5	Zack Greinke	LAD	2015-06-13	CG(8), L	8.0	8	2	2	0	1	1	0	7	0	0	0	31	9	30	6	1	0	1	0	0	12	1	0	0	2	64	100	70	0.0	1.53			1.31
6	Ian Kennedy	SDP	2015-06-13	GS-7	7.0	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	4	1	0	0	25	6	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	68	96	61	0.3	2.09			0.99
7	Zack Greinke	LAD	2014-08-30	GS-8	8.0	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	28	6	26	1	3	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	3	76	104	64	0.3	2.25			1.02
8	Ian Kennedy	SDP	2014-08-30	GS-7	7.0	4	1	1	0	1	3	0	8	0	0	0	28	7	25	3	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	70	106	73	0.2	1.85			1.25
9	Zack Greinke	LAD	2014-04-01	GS-5, W	5.0	2	2	2	0	1	2	0	5	0	0	1	19	4	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	58	94	52	0.0	0.03			1.27
10	Ian Kennedy	SDP	2014-04-01	GS-5, L	5.0	5	3	3	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	21	6	20	3	1	0	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	2	48	103	65	-0.2	-0.97			0.69
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Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Batter vs. Pitcher

Ian Kennedy (Pitcher) vs. Zack Greinke (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ian Kennedy (Pitcher) vs. Zack Greinke (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	2011	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
2	2013	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	1	0
3	2014	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0	0	0
4	2015	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	13	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258	1	0	0	1	0

Ian Kennedy (Pitcher) vs. Zack Greinke (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ian Kennedy (Pitcher) vs. Zack Greinke (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2011	2011-07-21	MIL	ARI	tied 0-0	t3	---	0	1 (0-0)	Flyball: RF
2	2011	2011-07-21	MIL	ARI	down 2-0	t5	12-	1	3 (1-1)	Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice (Front of Home); Y. Betancourt to 3B; J. Lucroy to 2B
3	2011	2011-07-21	MIL	ARI	down 2-0	t7	---	2	5 (1-2)	Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)
4	2013	2013-06-11	LAD	ARI	tied 0-0	b3	---	1	2 (0-1)	Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
5	2013	2013-06-11	LAD	ARI	down 2-0	b5	12-	1	1 (0-0)	Bunt Popfly: C
6	2013	2013-06-11	LAD	ARI	tied 2-2	b7	---	1	1 (0-0)	Hit By Pitch
7	2014	2014-04-01	LAD	SDP	ahead 0-2	t2	1--	2	5 (1-2)	Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
8	2014	2014-04-01	LAD	SDP	ahead 0-3	t4	12-	2	2 (1-0)	Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
9	2014	2014-08-30	LAD	SDP	tied 0-0	t3	1--	1	1 (0-0)	Bunt Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B (Front of Home); Z. Greinke to 1B
10	2014	2014-08-30	LAD	SDP	down 1-0	t5	--3	2	1 (0-0)	Flyball: RF (Short CF-RF)
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Zack Greinke (Pitcher) vs. Ian Kennedy (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Zack Greinke (Pitcher) vs. Ian Kennedy (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	2011	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	2013	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
3	2014	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	2015	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	9	9	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	.111	.111	.222	.333	0	0	0	0	1

Zack Greinke (Pitcher) vs. Ian Kennedy (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Zack Greinke (Pitcher) vs. Ian Kennedy (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2011	2011-07-21	ARI	MIL	tied 0-0	b3	---	1	7 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	2011	2011-07-21	ARI	MIL	ahead 0-2	b5	---	2	2 (1-0)	Groundout: 3B-1B
3	2013	2013-06-11	ARI	LAD	tied 0-0	t3	---	1	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging
4	2013	2013-06-11	ARI	LAD	ahead 0-2	t5	1--	1	8 (3-2)	Ground Ball Double Play: SS-1B
5	2014	2014-04-01	SDP	LAD	down 2-0	b3	---	2	5 (2-2)	Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
6	2014	2014-08-30	SDP	LAD	tied 0-0	b3	--3	1	4 (2-1)	Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); R. Rivera Scores
7	2014	2014-08-30	SDP	LAD	ahead 0-1	b5	1--	2	3 (1-1)	Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
8	2015	2015-06-13	SDP	LAD	tied 1-1	b3	---	0	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Looking
9	2015	2015-06-13	SDP	LAD	tied 1-1	b5	-2-	1	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Batting Comparison

Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Batting Totals

Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Zack Greinke	20-39	2004	2023	260	600	521	49	117	29	1	9	34	9	1	26	114	.225	.262	.336	.598	60	175	8	2	47	4	0
2	Ian Kennedy	22-38	2007	2023	216	399	321	21	42	11	1	1	18	0	0	33	154	.131	.213	.181	.394	10	58	3	1	42	2	0

Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Zack Greinke	27-37	2011	2021	23	30	26	1	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.269	.269	.269	.538	7	0	0	4	0	0
2	Ian Kennedy	26	2011	2011	2	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0

Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Batting Value

Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Zack Greinke	20-39	2004	2023	260	600	5.1	5.0	5.1	0.0	-34	0	-1	0
2	Ian Kennedy	22-38	2007	2023	216	399	1.1	1.0	1.1	0.0	-43	1	-1	0

Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Batting Sabermetric

Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Zack Greinke	20-39	2004	2023	260	600	39	145	146	464	51	.269	74	-33	-3.2	.111	4.6	90.0	10
2	Ian Kennedy	22-38	2007	2023	216	399	13	76	78	326	19	.244	38	-40	-4.1	.050	2.1		0

Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Zack Greinke	27-37	2011	2021	23	30	0	7	7	23	3	.304	2			.000	8.7		0
2	Ian Kennedy	26	2011	2011	2	4	0	1	1	3	0	.500	0			.000	2.0		0

Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Batting Win Probability

Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Zack Greinke	20-39	2004	2023	260	600	-3.5	-3.5	-0.4	-48.82	-5.0	-40.09	0.89
2	Ian Kennedy	22-38	2007	2023	216	399	-3.9	-4.1	0.0	-44.76	-4.6	-43.97	0.97

Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Head-to-Head Batting

Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Totals

Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Ian Kennedy	8	9	9	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.111	.111	.222	.333	2	1	0	0	0	0
2	Zack Greinke	8	14	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.154	.083	.237	1	0	1	1	0	0

Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Game Logs

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Ian Kennedy vs. Zack Greinke: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Zack Greinke	HOU	2021-06-16																																	P
2	Ian Kennedy	TEX	2021-06-16																																	P
3	Zack Greinke	ARI	2017-09-29																																	P
4	Ian Kennedy	KCR	2017-09-29																																	P
5	Zack Greinke	LAD	2015-06-13	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.86	-0.063	1.40	-0.06%	-0.37			P
6	Ian Kennedy	SDP	2015-06-13	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.070	1.58	-0.05%	-0.54			P
7	Zack Greinke	LAD	2014-08-30	*	9	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	-0.049	1.87	-0.03%	-0.38			P
8	Ian Kennedy	SDP	2014-08-30	*	8	9	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.069	0.06	0.00%	0.54			P
9	Zack Greinke	LAD	2014-04-01	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.70	-0.035	0.81	-0.02%	-0.58			P
10	Ian Kennedy	SDP	2014-04-01	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.43	-0.010	0.47	-0.01%	-0.08			P
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